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Strauss-Kahn steps down from his role as head of the IMF after attempted rape charge, and Al-Qaeda names Saif al-Adel as interim leader

The former head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been bailed (Richard Drew)

Ex-IMF boss bailed

1 America: Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International
Monetary Fund on Wednesday after he was charged with the attempted rape of a
chambermaid in a New York hotel. He stepped down four days after he was
taken off a plane at Kennedy airport and arrested. Strauss-Kahn, 62, had
been expected to declare his candidacy for the French presidency.

“I think at this time first of my wife — whom I love more than anything . . .

I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have
been made against me,” Strauss-Kahn said in a statement. On Thursday, he was
granted bail of $1m (£600,000) and will be kept under armed guard at a New
York apartment. He is due to appear in court again on June 6.

Bin Laden’s heir

2 Egypt: Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian militant, was named as the interim
leader of Al-Qaeda